Allegheny County has two suburbs that are 10.0%+ Asian (Pittsburgh, Upper St. Clair: movie theater, school)

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Hopes

That's because you don't live in an affluent area. As an economic group, Asians are top earners in the US. That's why all of the areas listed in the OP are the more affluent townships.

Yep, generally, they go to wherever the best schools are at.

I don't readily recognize all of those neighborhoods, but it would be interested if anyone noted any high asian neighborhood that also had bad schools. It's uncommon, when it happens.

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Places in Allegheny County that are 4.0%+ Asian

10.7% - Scott Township
10.4% - Franklin Park
6.6% - Marshall Township
5.9% - Monroeville
5.7% - Fox Chapel
5.7% - Upper St. Clair
5.6% - Indiana Township
5.4% - Aspinwall
5.0% - McCandless
5.0% - O'Hara Township
4.6% - South Fayette Township
4.4% - Pittsburgh
4.0% - Blawnox
4.0% - Pine Township

Places outside Allegheny County that are 4.0%+ Asian

4.4% - Murrysville

I need a map...where is Scott Township and Franklin Park?

I do recognize and kinda like Aspinwall and Blawnox...and I heard they are both O'Hara public schools...which are apparently quite good. (O'Hara is also on the list).

It's also interesting that while personally, living in Asia, I am incredibly envious and love their density and convenience of their neighborhoods and cities.

But generally speaking, when the emigrate, they seem to love the big yard, big house concept with good schools.

[Yac]

I'd just like to remind everybody to stay on topic and think twice before posting jokes People do take offense you know.
Yac.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

I need a map...where is Scott Township and Franklin Park?

Here's a quick map...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/DBR96/Asianclusters-AlleghenyCounty.png (broken link)

1. Scott Township

Scott Township is west of Mt. Lebanon and north of Upper St. Clair. It's a bedroom community off the beaten path.

2. Franklin Park

Franklin Park is at the junction of I-79, I-279 and PA 910 north of Pittsburgh.

3. Marshall Township

Marshall Township is north of Franklin Park and south of Cranberry Township (Butler County), at the junction of I-79 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

4. Monroeville

Monroeville is at the junction of I-376 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Pittsburgh, and is the commercial epicenter of the eastern suburbs.

5. Fox Chapel

Fox Chapel is a bit off the beaten path, although it has pretty easy access to PA 28.

6. Upper St. Clair

Upper St. Clair is south of Mt. Lebanon and Scott Township on U.S. 19, not too far from I-79.

7. Indiana Township

Indiana Township is north of Fox Chapel on PA 910.

8. Aspinwall

Aspinwall is on PA 28 across the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh, and south of Fox Chapel and O'Hara Township.

9. McCandless

McCandless is east of Franklin Park at the junction of U.S. 19 and PA 910.

10. O'Hara Township

O'Hara Township is scattered in bits and pieces around Fox Chapel and Aspinwall, with easy access to PA 28.

11. South Fayette Township

South Fayette Township is at the junction of I-79 and PA 50 southwest of Pittsburgh, straddling the Washington County line.

12. Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is the blob in the center of it all.

13. Blawnox

Blawnox is surrounded by part of O'Hara Township, with easy access to PA 28.

14. Pine Township

Pine Township is east of Marshall Township and north of McCandless on U.S. 19, not far from where it intersects I-79 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

15. (Oops! I left this number out!)

Oops!

16. Whitehall

Whitehall is south of Pittsburgh and east of Mt. Lebanon, at the junction of PA 51 and PA 88.

17. Mt. Lebanon

Mt. Lebanon is south of Pittsburgh and north of Upper St. Clair on U.S. 19.

18. Robinson Township

Robinson Township is at the junction of I-79, I-376, U.S. 22, U.S. 30 and PA 60 west of Pittsburgh, and is the commercial epicenter of the western suburbs.

19. Collier Township

Collier Township is south of Robinson Township and north of South Fayette Township on I-79.

20. Moon Township

Moon Township is west of Robinson Township on I-376. Part of Pittsburgh International Airport is located there.

21. Ohio Township

Ohio Township is south of Franklin Park on I-79.

22. Homestead

Homestead is on PA 837 across the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh.

Places that are 4.0%+ Asian are shaded in RED. Places that are 3.0% to 3.9% Asian are shaded in ORANGE.

It appears that most of the county's Asian population lives near I-79.

For the record, aside from Pittsburgh, Swissvale, Homestead, Munhall and Jefferson Hills, if it touches the Monongahela River, it's 0.9% Asian or less.

[Tiger Beer]

Thanks for the detailed map! Much appreciated, and very interesting.

Originally Posted by Gnutella

2. Franklin Park

Franklin Park is at the junction of I-79, I-279 and PA 910 north of Pittsburgh.

3. Marshall Township

Marshall Township is north of Franklin Park and south of Cranberry Township (Butler County), at the junction of I-79 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

This is interesting...the word 'Cranberry' comes up quite a bit. Interesting that 2 & 3, quite high with asian demographics, is so close to Cranberry as well.

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#1 is also quite interesting. I looked before, and recall 6, I believe Upper St. Clair....had a high population from India. I wonder if Scott Township as well is mostly Indian.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212

Cool, hey could Chinatown make a come back!

It's honestly more like Indiatown. The majority of those areas listed have large Indian population and not Chinese. Either way, I find myself eating at Indian restaurants and shopping at Indian grocers so it sounds good to me.

[BrianTH]

South Asia, and India and particular, does seem like a large component of our Asian population growth (which, again, I think is cool).

[Copanut]

I just hope they aren't Democrats. kidding

[greg42]

In my experience it's very definitely more south Asian than east Asian. That means more Indian, Pakistani, etc. and not as much Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. Which isn't to say there aren't any east Asians, just that they are likely not the majority of the local Asian population. (All these folks would rightly mark Asian on the census, although really you can mark anything you like on there pretty much.) I used the more general terms of south and east because I'm not particularly adept at figuring out just by incidental contact who is Pakistani, who is Indian, etc.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

Thanks for the detailed map! Much appreciated, and very interesting.

This is interesting...the word 'Cranberry' comes up quite a bit. Interesting that 2 & 3, quite high with asian demographics, is so close to Cranberry as well.

#1 is also quite interesting. I looked before, and recall 6, I believe Upper St. Clair....had a high population from India. I wonder if Scott Township as well is mostly Indian.

I imagine the majority of Allegheny County's Asian population is "South Asian," as opposed to "East Asian." At Showcase Cinemas North in McCandless, they have a special screen reserved for Bollywood films on the weekends, from what I've heard. Nonetheless, I've seen a fair number of east Asians in the Pittsburgh area as well.

By the way, here's another table illustrating the trends in Allegheny County's Asian population between 2000 and 2010...

Allegheny County Asian population

Total population (2000): 1,281,666
Total Asian (2000): 21,660
Percent Asian (2000): 1.7%

Total population (2010): 1,223,348
Total Asian (2010): 34,254
Percent Asian (2010): 2.8%

Total increase (2000-2010): -58,318
Percent increase: (2000-2010): -4.6%
Total Asian increase (2000-2010): +12,594
Percent Asian increase (2000-2010): +58.1%